Titus Barnes faces a dilemma. After facing down a Kahl invasion force to preserve a Rhulin colony, his ship is in need of serious repairs. Some of his crew is lost half a galaxy away and his allies are in no better shape. With a war fleet barreling down on them and a threat of reassignment looming, he must get the Triton moving before they receive new orders…or are annihilated. The lost away team crash lands on a planet ruled by religious zealots who believe they are part of some type of Prophecy, one which puts them in the spotlight of a foretold event. With a Kahl battleship hunting for them, countless soldiers on the surface, and no other allies, they have no choice but to go along with their new hosts. The alternative is becoming captives of their enemies even as they may be marching toward certain death.